On June 16, 1980, “Warner Bros” label released “Come Upstairs”, the ninth Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded October 1979 – May 1980, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Mainieri.
Personnel:
- Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Pete Hewlett – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Sid McGinnis – lead guitar, electric slide guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
- Billy Mernit – electric piano
- Mike Mainieri – acoustic piano, Oberheim synthesizer, Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-X, Yamaha CS30, synthesizers, marimba, backing vocals
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano
- Ed Walsh – Oberheim OB-X, synthesizer programming, Oberheim 8 voice
- Ken Landrum – Prophet-5
- Larry Fast – synthesizers
- Tony Levin – bass guitar, fretless bass
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Rick Marotta – drums
- Jerry Grossman – cello
- James Taylor – backing vocals
- Mariah Aguiar – backing vocals
- Christine Martin – backing vocals
- Laraine Newman – backing vocals
- Hugh Taylor – backing vocals
- Alex Taylor – backing vocals
- Sally Taylor – backing vocals
- Gail Boggs – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.
- Come Upstairs
- Stardust
- Them
- Jesse
- James
- In Pain – Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri, Don Grolnick
- The Three of Us in the Dark
- Take Me as I Am – Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri, Sid McGinnis
- The Desert
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